Small purple and white horizontal dashes on brown striped ground, selvedge on right

Dark purple grape vine trails on purple ground with white zigzags, warp stripes

Floral pattern with rows of pink naturalistic flowers with green stems and leaves on ground of small double-line motifs, alternating rows of scrolled green floral sprigs

Black silk fragment, small grid pattern with white spots at corner points created by supplementary continuous patterning wefts

Purple stippled leaves with yellow berries alternating with rows of a light brown vermicular pattern; warp and weft check

Probably from a valance, Suppliant woman. Embroidered with polychrome crewels and silks in tent stitch on linen canvas ground. Foreground shows woman kneeling before another woman in what appears to be a garden. At left, stream runs throug middle ground and a group of figures stands before a turreted building. Various birds and flowers are shown. Figures in period costume of late 16th century. Condition good with a few repairs. Lining and edging later additions.

Brown ground with small purple, red, blue, green, and yellow motifs with black outlines

Stripes of light brown, blue, yellow, and green floral and urn motifs with light brown stippled honeycomb ground; warp stripes

Probably from a valance, woman holding an ewer. Embroidered with polychrome crewels and silks on linen canvas ground. Woman in a flowing garment crouches in front of a landscape of trees, buildings, and flowers. At left, arm and part of body of a fiqure appears. Soiled, minor breaks. Braid on edges later addition. Wavy edges.

Blue, green, mauve and brown floral sprigs in ikat pattern on brown stippled ground; narrow stripes with black dotted borders and red, blue, green, and mauve motifs

Symmetrical red, mauve, and green floral sprigs with black stems on ground of thin light brown stripes within dotted honeycomb pattern; narrow stripes of black oval rings and mauve petal motifs; selvedge on right

Piece of silk weaving from a dress in the Museum's collection (20.585). Full loom width and repeat. Green satin background with design of polychrome floral motifs and lace. Large stain at upper right.

Crescent-shaped textile fragment; stylized floral pattern of green and brown geometric floral motifs and lines

Brown printed textile fragment with large flowers and leaves, pillars and arches, acanthus leaves, and figure of a man spearing a boar, stippled background

Length of cotton velvet with Japanese-inspired design of Mt. Fuji in moonlit landscape with stylized water lilies, pine and poplar(?) trees, discharge(?) printed in muted tones of brown, gold, terracotta, and green.

Stylized leaf pattern on brown ground; blue, brown, and red dots, lines, and geometric shapes in white leaf motifs; red and brown dots on brown ground; selvedge on right

Light brown diagonally striped ground with stripes of small green and black leaf motifs and black dotted rings

White silk ground.  The design of waving stem bearing flowers and leaves and separate flowers and a ribbon, is woven with white, pink, green, yellow and reddish violet silk.

Rows of light brown ovals and dots on white ground

Diamond pattern of brown diamonds with white centers linked by brown diagonal lines

1820 / 1840

1820 / 1840

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